Middletown transcript., 1887-12-01
FROM wAsHlNGroN.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Goth, 1857
Already have reported to you the
current capital gossip concerning the
Cabinet changes, that Mr.. Lamar will
be translated to the Supreme Bench,
that Postmaster General Villas is to
succeed him, and that Mr.. Dickinson
Of Michigan, will be the latter's sue
cessor. Still another rumor is that
Mr.. Whitney expects to resign from
the Cabinet unless his health greatly
improves within the next two months,
his friends claiming that man of the
vast wealth and great social promin-
ence Of the. present Secretary of the
Navy, cannot afford to endanger his
existence by further devoting himself
to the onerous duties incumbent upon
him.
Many New York Democrats were
extremely solicitous for the President
to &c. to his old home at Buffalo and
vote in the late election, and much
disappointment was felt that he did
not crafty public expectation in that
respect. But the President had a good
reason for absenting himself, as he had
learned from trustworthy sources, that
his presence at the polls would have
been the occasion Of an undignified
and unseenlly demonstration on the
part Of club Of intensely partisan
Republicans, as it was their unpatrio-
tic purpose to challenge Mr.. Cleveland's Is
right to vote, on the ground that he is
nos now a legal resident of Buffalo.
In view Of this exposed conspiracy,
it is doubtful if Mr.. Cleveland again
votes during his Presidency, and when
his motive is understood, it will be ap-
plauded by all unbiased minds.
Messrs. Carlisle and Randall are
both in the city, and while neither is
willing to take the public into his con-
fidence, through the medium of the
press, it is highly propable that these
great leaders may have an informal
conference before the meeting of Con-
gress, with the view of making ''the
two wings of the Democracy flap
together" on the tariff question, in the
language of Mr.. Randell during a
speech in the forty-ninth Congress.
The forthcoming report Of Secretary
Fairchild is awaited with no ordinary
degree Of interest by the financial
world, as it is expected that he will
take advanced ground on the questions
of the Treasury surplus. and the sill.
yer currency. That the Secretary is
laboriously and carefully applying him
self to the important undertaking that
devolyeS upon him, is evinced by the
fact that to accomplish it has for sew
eral days confined himself to the
privacy Of his home, in order not to be
diverted from his work by visitors to
the department.
Secretary Lamar in his report, which
is completed but not yet published,
recommends that the Interstate
Commerce Commission be detached
from the Interior Department and
made directly responsible to Congress
or the President for its acts, as at pres
ent the Secretary of the Interior only
officiates in the capacity of disbursing
officer for the Commission, it appear
ing that he has no jurisdiction over
that body at all.
There is a great pressure OF. business
at the General Land Office in the way
Of issuing agricultural patents, 2400
having been made out during the past
month, and others in course Of prepar-
alton will increase the number to s.
200 for the month of November, which
almost outrivals any previous record.
The balence of power in the United
States Senate is lodged with the roll
licking Riddleberger, the Senator from
Virginia, who holds in the hollow of
lis hand the political future of three
Democratic claimants TO seats, Messrs
Lucas and Faulkper, of West Virginia
md Mr.. Turpie, of Indiana. Senator
states that he will endea-
ror to act as conscientiously in these
as if he were on the Sup
eme Bench of the United States.
The Republican Senate has more
han enough chairmanships to go
round, there being forty-seven senate
ommittees to only thirty-eight Repub-
ican Senators, and so it is likely that |
he majority party will very generous
= bestow the nine surplus places on |
heir Democratic brethren.